Gauge

Chart

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Instructions

Back

Using US4 (3.5 mm) needles, cast on 86 sts in MC.

Work in k1, p1 ribbing for 2” (5 cm), increasing 8 sts evenly across the last row of ribbing. You should now have 94 sts.

Switch to US6 (4 mm) needles and stockinette stitch, and work even until piece measures 13” (33 cm) from beginning. Place underarm markers here (the author used a short length of scrap yarn for the markers). Continue in stockinette stitch until piece measures 21” (53.3 cm) from beginning. Bind off 94 sts. across back.

Front

Work as for back, including marking the underarms and at the same time, when piece measure 6” (15.2 cm) from beginning, starting on the right side (knit row).

Knit 20, work Lion chart over next 54 sts (in CC), knit 20. Remember to twist your yarns when you change colors, to prevent holes. To help avoid that hopeless tangle of yarn when doing intarsia, alternate the direction you turn your work at the end of each row. Work chart through row 61.

Continue with MC and stockinette stitch until piece measures 18” from beginning, end ready for a right side row.

Neck Shaping

Knit 37, attach a 2nd ball of yarn, bind off center 20 stitches, and work across row.

Working both sides at once, decrease 1 stitch at each neck edge, every other row, 7 times (30 stitches remaining on each side).